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Blue Sky At Night
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Trained by Shelley Hale at Cambridge, Blue Sky At Night is a 8 year old mare by the sire Shamexpress, out of the dam After Midnight.

She has won a total of 7 races from 31 starts for a win percentage of 23%. Her career earnings are $394k, with the biggest win of her career coming at Ellerslie on February 22nd in 2025 when she won $127,923 in the Eagle Technology Avondale Cup (a handicap race over 2,400 metres).

Blue Sky At Night is a top level performer, having started 8 times at group race level, with 2 wins.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $4300.

The mare tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $20k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$394k
Starts
31
Wins
7
Second
4
Third
0
Win %
23
Place %
35
Profit
+43.0
Conditions
Good
14
3-1-0
$12k
Soft
9
2-0-0
$20k
Heavy
6
2-3-0
$9k
Race Standard
All
8
2-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
1
0-0-0
Group 3
6
2-0-0
Race Distance
2100m
6
2-2-0
+5.9
2000m
2
0-0-0
-2
1600m
7
3-0-0
+7.3
3200m
1
0-0-0
-1
2400m
4
2-0-0
+43.8
1800m
1
0-0-0
-1
1300m
3
0-0-0
-3
2200m
1
0-0-0
-1
1400m
4
0-1-0
-4
1550m
1
0-0-0
-1
1200m
1
0-1-0
-1
Race Track
Pukekohe Park
7
2-1-0
-1.4
Ellerslie
5
1-0-0
+29.7
Matamata
1
0-0-0
-1
Te Rapa
9
3-1-0
+16.9
New Plymouth Raceway
1
0-0-0
-1
Pukekohe
1
1-0-0
+6.8
Tauranga
3
0-2-0
-3
Ruakaka
1
0-0-0
-1
Cambridge Synthetic
2
0-0-0
-2
Arawa Park
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
NZ
25
7-2-0
+49
6
0-2-0
-6

Race History

Nov-22 25
7/14
1.2
$11.4
Pukekohe Park
4
2100
Myracehorse Counties Cup 
$3k
$170k
K Myers
53
132.79
-
6
4,5
-2
Nov-4 25
6/12
4.3
$52.7
Ellerslie
4
2000
Elsdon Park Balmerino Stakes 
$2k
$150k
T Mitchell
57
124.06
-
Oct-17 25
11/13
3.9
$16.6
Matamata
7
1600
Team Wealleans Matamata Cup 
$0k
$80k
T Mitchell
53
97.74
-
Spell of 174 Days
Apr-26 25
12/13
5.1
$17.8
Te Rapa
5
2000
Travis Stakes
$0k
$150k
U Holmquist
57
124.50
-
13
13,13
+1
Mar-8 25
11/18
7.0
$15
Ellerslie
5
3200
Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup 
$4k
$600k
T Mitchell
53
208.36
-
15
14,14,12
+1
Feb-22 25
1/18
0.3
$34.7
Ellerslie
5
2400
Eagle Technology Avondale Cup 
$144k
$250k
T Mitchell
53
151.60
-
9
9,9,7
+6
Feb-1 25
9/12
5.0
$32.2
New Plymouth Raceway
4
1800
Denis Wheeler Earthmoving Taranaki Cup  
$2k
$120k
T Mitchell
54
108.24
-
12
12,11,10
+1
Jan-1 25
10/13
5.5
$10.9
Ellerslie
4
2400
Queen Elizabeth II Cup  
$4k
$250k
T Mitchell
53½
150.46
-
13
13,13,13
+3
Dec-14 24
1/13
0.1
$13.1
Te Rapa
4
2400
Skycity Hamilton Waikato Cup (Bm75) 
$81k
$140k
T Mitchell
53
148.99
-
Nov-23 24
1/14
0.1
$7.8
Pukekohe
4
2100
HR Fisken & Sons (Bm75)
$43k
$75k
T Mitchell
57
134.59
-
6
6,6,6
+5
Nov-2 24
6/13
2.3
$14
Tauranga
5
1600
Epic Journeys USA With George & Wheels Tour (Bm75)
$1k
$40k
T Mitchell
57
96.16
-
9
9,10
+4
Oct-19 24
9/12
4.2
$37.2
Ellerslie
4
1300
Sistema (Bm75)
$1k
$55k
T Mitchell
57
77.66
-
12
12,12
+3
Spell of 98 Days
Jul-13 24
4/14
4.0
$7
Ruakaka
4
2100
Hcp (*1)
$3k
$60k
T Mitchell
54
131.14
-
12
12,9,6
+2
Jun-22 24
2/8
3.8
$2.9
Tauranga
8
2100
Seeka Kiwifruit Cup (85)
$7k
$40k
T Mitchell
53
135.76
-
5
5,5,2
May-18 24
1/11
0.1
$4.1
Te Rapa
8
2100
PGG Wrightson Grain (Bm75)
$20k
$35k
T Mitchell
54½
135.80
-
May-4 24
1/11
1.8
$8.7
Te Rapa
7
1600
Forsyth Barr (Bm65)
$20k
$35k
T Mitchell
57
98.98
-
11
11,10
+9
Spell of 130 Days
Dec-26 23
4/14
1.7
$6.9
Pukekohe Park
5
2400
Dunstan Horsefeeds Stayers Championship Final
$6k
$125k
E Nicholas
53
150.98
-
12
14,12
+8
Dec-16 23
4/11
3.4
$4.9
Te Rapa
4
2200
Dunstan Horsefeeds Stayers Championship Qualifier (Bm65)
$4k
$70k
R Elliot
57½
136.45
-
6
6,5
+1
Dec-2 23
2/15
1.8
$25
Te Rapa
4
2100
Dunstan Horsefeeds Stayers Championship Qualifier (Bm65)
$8k
$45k
A Goindasamy
57
129.50
-
7
8,8
+6
Oct-28 23
9/13
3.3
$10.8
Pukekohe Park
4
1600
Eagle Technology (Bm65)
$1k
$55k
K Asano
58
96.42
-
11
12,12
+3
Sep-29 23
7/11
4.9
$27.9
Te Rapa
8
1400
Traffic Management Waikato (Bm75)
$1k
$40k
M Hashizume
54
86.61
-
7
7,8
+1
Spell of 97 Days
Jun-24 23
4/5
3.1
$3.8
Cambridge Synthetic
0
1550
Mills Reef Winery (Bm75)
$2k
$30k
T Mitchell
52½
93.36
-
4
3,3
-1
Jun-14 23
7/11
7.0
$9.1
Cambridge Synthetic
0
1300
Prydes Easifeed (Bm75)
$0k
$14k
T Thornton
54½
75.23
-
6
6,7
Apr-22 23
1/10
2.5
$3
Pukekohe Park
10
1600
Ellerslie Event Centre (Bm65)
$17k
$30k
T Thornton
57
104.17
-
5
5,4,1
Mar-11 23
5/16
3.8
$9.5
Pukekohe Park
5
1600
Dunstan Horse Feeds (Bm65)
$2k
$70k
R Elliot
57
96.97
-
12
12,6
+1
Feb-22 23
1/13
1.0
$2.6
Pukekohe Park
3
1600
Brighthill Farm Maiden
$12k
$20k
M Mc Nab
56½
98.19
-
7
7,7,5
+4
Jan-18 23
9/12
6.3
$2.8
Te Rapa
3
1400
Fairview Motors Maiden
$0k
$14k
A Goindasamy
56½
84.52
35.58
3
3,5
-4
Dec-9 22
2/9
1.3
$1.6
Tauranga
9
1400
Rob Pinny Realtycom Maiden
$3k
$14k
A Goindasamy
56½
89.02
-
4
3,2
Nov-19 22
2/12
0.3
$8.1
Pukekohe Park
10
1200
Ellerslie Event Centre Maiden
$4k
$20k
A Goindasamy
56½
72.94
36.28
9
9,6
+4
Spell of 189 Days
May-14 22
5/11
1.4
$7.6
Arawa Park
5
1400
Have Your Function At Arp Maiden
$0k
$15k
T Thornton
56½
84.55
36.44
7
0,7,5
Spell of 101 Days
Feb-2 22
4/14
1.5
$43.2
Te Rapa
3
1300
Ed Stapleton Bloodstock Maiden
$1k
$12k
T Thornton
56½
78.02
35.85
10
0,10,7
+3